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USER GUIDE FOR LOUPEDECK CT & ADOBE LIGHTROOM CLASSIC V.3.2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION TO LOUPEDECK CT DEVICE 3

Robust design 3

Internal Storage 3

Bluetooth 3

Detachable USB cable 3

Loupedeck CT Console 3

General Elements 4

ROUND & SQUARE BUTTONS 5

SETTING UP LOUPEDECK CT 10

Overview of the Loupedeck Setup Software 10

Settings 15

Guide 15

USER ACTIONS 16

USER ADJUSTMENTS 19

CUSTOM PROFILES 22

USING LOUPEDECK CT 25

Home View and Home Button 25

Round and Square Buttons 26

Keyboard Modifiers mode 26

Number Pad mode 27

Popular actions 27

Function (Fn) Buttons 28

Wheel Screen Lock 28

Dials 29

Touch Screen and Touch Buttons 29

Wheel 30

TASKBAR OPTIONS 32

UPDATING LOUPEDECK 33

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 33

Copyright (c) 2017 Loupedeck Ltd. All rights reserved. 2

INTRODUCTION TO LOUPEDECK CT DEVICE

Loupedeck CT is a versatile console designed to support your creative processes. It has an internal storage,

Bluetooth connection (available in later software update), two touchscreens that handles up to 12 press

functions (for an infinite number of pages), 7 rotary controllers (out of which 6 also have press functionality),

and 20 buttons.

ROBUST DESIGN

Loupedeck CT has an anodized black aluminum front plate and dial caps. Backplate is made of industrial

plastic.

Square buttons have robust gaming switches underneath them, and round buttons use heavy usage dome

switches. All buttons are illuminated with RGB lights.

Both LCD displays are protected by long-lasting plastic covers (touchscreen including a touch grid).

INTERNAL STORAGE

Loupedeck CT has been equipped with a convenient internal 8 GB memory unit. You can transfer your

projects or other important files between editing locations such as your home and studio. You can also store

your personal profiles into the device to use them wherever you go.

BLUETOOTH

Loupedeck CT is equipped with Bluetooth capability. It will be made available via a later software update.

DETACHABLE USB CABLE

Loupedeck CT is equipped with:

• 1m detachable USB cable.

LOUPEDECK CT CONSOLE

Loupedeck CT’s control elements are: Six rotatable Dials (with a press function), Touch Screen (with

Touch Buttons), eight Round Buttons, twelve Square Buttons and a rotatable Wheel (paired with a touch-

sensitive Wheel Screen). These five elements have been divided into two groups.

Group 1: General elements

Group 2: Workspace elements


GENERAL ELEMENTS

The second group, general elements, contains

functions that are needed throughout your creative

process (e.g., Save and Navigation arrows). These

buttons do not change when workspace is changed.

a. Round buttons

b. Square buttons

WORKSPACE ELEMENTS

This group is controlled by workspaces. Every

workspace has an individual set of controls (e.g.,

dials in rating workspace are different from dials in

color adjustment workspace).

a. Dials

b. Touch buttons

c. Wheel (incl. touch screen)

General Elements

Round Buttons when using Lightroom Classic, are dedicated to navigating between workspaces. Round

buttons have a number from 1 to 8, and they change their color according to the assigned action type (e.g.,

green indicates workspace).

NOTE! If workspace links were assigned under touch buttons, for example, they could not be reached when

workspace is changed, as the content of touch buttons would change.

Square buttons, are dedicated to the most used actions that are needed from time to time regardless of

the activated workspace or Lightroom module (e.g., Library, Develop).

Square buttons, unlike round buttons, are prelabeled to indicate a set of actions that are, in fact,


common amongst almost every editing software (e.g., save, enter, navigation arrows).

Like round buttons, square buttons are illuminated with RGB color LEDs and they change color according to the

assigned action type (e.g., purple indicates an action).

Workspace Elements

Dials are prioritized for the most used adjustments (e.g., Exposure in Basic Adjustments workspace). Dials also

have a press function that is, in most cases, bind for resetting adjustment value (e.g., pressing contrast dial will

reset contrast back to zero).

TIP! If you don’t need resetting a value, you can assign a different press function to dials. E.g., setting

auto tone action as press function for exposure dial, and Auto White Balance as press functions for

temperature and/or tint dial(s), will speed up your editing process!

Touch Buttons (on touch screen) contain most used actions within every workspace (e.g., Rate 3 Stars in

Rating workspace). Some workspaces have several pages of different actions. These pages are linked to the

workspace’s first touch page for easy and quick access without the need to swipe the screen horizontally.

In some workspaces first touch page also contains page links for dials or the wheel. Usually these links are for

tool sets that are not commonly used (e.g., camera calibration wheel in Color Adjustments workspace).

Wheel contains both rotation capability (wheel ring) and touch capability (wheel screen). In almost every

workspace the wheel has a selector, a menu, for different sets of tools. E.g., Basic Adjustment workspace has a

wheel selector for: Tone Curve, Noise Reduction, Sharpening and Vignetting tools. Pressing one of these links will

open a set of tools that are used with the wheel.

Some workspaces have a smaller set of adjustments or actions dedicated to the wheel. In those cases, actions

and adjustments are assigned to the wheel without a selector menu (e.g., Rating Workspace has Grid View,

Loupe View and Rate 3 stars).

ROUND & SQUARE BUTTONS

Although Loupedeck CT’s default profile for Lightroom utilizes

square buttons for common actions (e.g., enter) and round

buttons for navigating between workspaces, in addition to that,

there are some common actions also assigned to round buttons

– those actions are needed every now and then, regardless of

the activated workspace (e.g., before / after).

In this chapter we go through all the actions that are assigned

to both square and round buttons, not forgetting useful tips on

how to boost your own workflow!


OPTION NAME ITEM WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IT?

Square Buttons

(generally)General information

Square buttons are prioritized for most common functions needed from time to time in your editing process.

Square buttons are mainly pre-labeled, including buttons that are customizable, because in every supported software these buttons function very similarly if not exactly the same way. E.g., Save button contains saving or exporting functions regardless of the supported software.

Square

Buttons

(fixed)

Home ( O )

FN + Home

Home button has multiple functions when using Lightroom. Pressing home button will work in four stages depending on what is currently active.

Press Home ( O ) to:

- Show first pages within a Local Tool (e.g., Crop Tool)

- Apply and exit Local Tool(s)

- Show first pages of current workspace

- Jump to Home View

Special function for Home button:

Press FN + Home to activate System plugin for controlling OS-specific functions – e.g., screen brightness (laptops), media and desktop controls. When working with System plugin: Press Home again to activate previously used editing software, in this case: Lightroom.

TIP! You can use Home View as your workspace “browser”, an easy access point to any of your workspaces, and assign more commonly used actions to round buttons (e.g., Full Screen), instead of using them for navigating between workspaces!

Press Enter ( ) to apply “OK” for opened dialogs. Press FN + Enter ( ) to apply ESC for cancelling dialogs.

Click Keyboard Mode to set Keyboard Modifiers mode ON or OFF.

Works only for Loupedeck+.



Keyboard ( ),

FN + Keyboard

Press Keyboard button ( ) to change round buttons as keyboard modifiers (indicated below the buttons – e.g., Tab, Shift, Ctrl etc.). Press Keyboard button again to exit keyboard modifiers and set round buttons back to how they are assigned.

TIP! You can also use keyboard modifiers by keeping Keyboard button pressed down (e.g., Press keyboard + 7 for deleting a single image). This method does not activate keyboard modifiers for all round buttons.

Press FN+Keyboard button to activate Number Pad mode. Press FN+Keyboard button again to exit Number Pad mode.

FN,

FN + FN

Press FN + Round buttons to access second level of actions and links.

Press FN + Square buttons to access second level of actions.

Press FN + Rotate the wheel to navigate lists or action cakes.

Press FN + FN to lock wheel screen swipe to prevent accidental navigation to previous or next wheel page. Press FN + FN again to release the lock.

Press FN + Swipe wheel screen for navigating to previous or next Wheel page(s).

Square Buttons (customiz-able)

Undo

FN + Undo

Buttons in this set are fully customizable, and you can reassign them to better fit your requirements. Some buttons have a paired function accessible by pressing FN (e.g., Undo -> Redo).

Press Undo to jump to the previous state of Lightroom history. Press FN + Undo to Redo previous undone history state.

NOTE! Every adjustment has a 1-second delay before the change is written into Lightroom history. If you press Undo before state change is visible in the history, the changes will not take effect and the previous visible state in history will be also undone.

Save,

FN + Save

Press Save to open Export Dialog.

Press FN + Save to activate “Full Resolution” export preset.

TIP! Instead of using Exporting Workspace for your most used single image export presets, customize those export presets to Save and FN + Save buttons. That way you can export individual images on-the-go much faster!



A ( ),

B ( ),

C ( ),

D ( ),

E

FN + A ( ),

FN + B ( ),

FN + C ( ),

FN + D ( ),

FN + E

Square Buttons from A to E are used for most common actions needed in Lightroom.

Press A ( ) to navigate upwards.

Press B ( ) to navigate downwards.

Press C ( ) to navigate left.

Press D ( ) to navigate right.

Press E to toggle zooming image in/out.

Press FN + A ( ) to select all images.

Press FN + B ( ) to unselect all images.

Press FN + C ( ) to select image on the left.

Press FN + D ( ) to select image on the right.

Press FN + E to show image’s info as overlay.

Round Buttons are prioritized for navigating between workspaces in addition to some very useful general functions (e.g., using ALT + arrows for navigating within zoomed image).

TIP 1! After navigating between pages, press workspace button to set first pages to every workspace element. This works the same way as pressing Home button.

TIP 2! If you use workspaces based on your workflow - assign them to round buttons in your process order. Then just go forward by pressing 1-2-3-4!

TIP 3! If you use workspaces based on Lightrooms panels, pair your workspaces to round buttons intuitively using second level with FN button. This way it is easy to remember that for example adjustments for controlling Tone are under the same button:

- Basic Panel <-> Tone Panel

- HSL Panel <-> Split Toning Panel

- Details Panel <-> Effects Panel

- Lens Correct. <-> Camera Calibr

1: Rating

FN + 1: Rating Advanced

Press 1 to access Rating Simplified (Library) workspace. This workspace utilizes Lightroom’s Library module and contains only the most necessary rating actions.

Press FN + 1 to access Rating Advanced (Library) workspace. This workspace utilizes Lightroom’s Library module and contains an almost full set of actions for culling, rating, color tagging, flagging and making collections.



2: Basic adjustments

Press 2 to access Basic Adjustments Workspace. This workspace is dedicated to tone and other non-color-related adjustments – e.g., sharpening, noise reduction and vignetting.

3: Color Adjustment (2)

Press 3 to access Color Adj. 2 workspace. This workspace is prioritized for users needing precise color adjustments using Hue/Saturation/Luminance functions.

Making B&W or color toned images is also done by using this workspace.

Wheel has additional tools that are sometimes needed while working with colors in Lightroom.

TIP! If precise HSL work is not needed, but color toning is a priority – assign “Color Adjustm.” workspace to round button 3 instead of “Color Adj. 2”.

4: Keyboard Modifier: ALT

When image is zoomed in: Keep round button 4 pressed and use navigation arrows to navigate within the image area.

When Crop Tool is activated: Keep round button 4 pressed and use navigation arrows to fine adjust crop area position.

Note! Pressing ALT and rotating adjustment dials will not activate threshold view or Lightroom’s alternative adjustment functions for Loupedeck.

LT keyboard modifier operates only if adjustments are used via Lightroom’s Graphical User Interface with mouse - when pressing ALT, panel information changes in GUI (e.g., Basic Panel: Tone -> Reset Tone).


SETTING UP LOUPEDECK CT

Managing Loupedeck CT’s Workspaces, Pages and Actions is done by using the Loupedeck setup

application.

Launching Loupedeck Setup ( ):

• Windows:

• Task Bar:

• Right click taskbar menu arrow

• Double-click Loupedeck icon, or

• Right-click Loupedeck Icon and select “Loupedeck Setup..”

• Start menu

• Locate and click on “Loupedeck Setup”

• From some editing softwares

• See software specific manuals for more information

• MacOS:

• Menu Bar

• Click on Loupedeck Icon

• Select “Open Setup..”

• Application Folder

• Locate and click on “Loupedeck”

OVERVIEW OF THE LOUPEDECK SETUP SOFTWARE

Loupedeck Setup has been divided into three main areas:

A. Left section contains all the content you can assign to the device

B. Middle section contains the device and its elements that you configure

C. Right section contains all the pages of the currently selected element (e.g., touch buttons in this

picture)


1. Loupedeck Settings ( ) and Quick Guide

(Guide)

2. Search for the content you wish to assign (drag

and drop on the Loupedeck CT)

3. Groups containing assignable Workspaces,

Actions, Tools and Pages

4. Select the workspace or general element to be

configured (e.g., dials)

5. Notification bar

6. Loupedeck CT console

7. Select your Loupedeck device that you want to

configure

8. Select the application you want to configure

9. Select the page you want to configure

10. Device status

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WORKING WITH WORKSPACES

A Workspace can be considered as a collection of

tools, for example (e.g. Brush Workspace), or part of

your workflow (e.g. Colour Grading Workspace).

A Workspace controls three workspace elements:

Dials, touch buttons, and the wheel. When you

change from workspace to another, the content of

those three elements change.

Create your own Workspace

• Open the Workspace main group

• Click on the + sign (cyan circle ) to create a

workspace

• New workspace is created and added to the

bottom of the list

• You can arrange workspaces within the

workspace list by dragging them upwards or

downwards.

Assigning Workspaces to Loupedeck CT

• Select the element tab or click the element

on the device to which you want to assign a

Workspace:

• Touch Buttons

• Round Buttons

• Square Buttons

• Open Workspace main group

• Drag and drop workspace from the group to the

button you want to assign it to.

Configure your workspace

• Select a workspace from Workspace group, or

• Select an assigned workspace from the device

• Drag and drop actions from the left column to

the device, or remove actions by dragging them

out of the device (see next chapter: Assigning

Action to Loupedeck CT)

• Rename your Workspace by clicking on the pen

image ( )

• Remove your Workspace by clicking on the trash

can image ( )

Configure your Home View (workspace)

• Select Home from the top of workspace list

• Open other workspace groups (if any) within the

workspace list (under Home), and/or

• Drag and drop workspaces on top of the touch

screen


ASSIGNING AND REMOVING ACTIONS

Actions activate different tools and functions within

the editing software (e.g., activate a brush tool,

add a marker etc.). You can add and remove these

activations (actions) to and from the Loupedeck CT

device to best match your own workflow.

Assign an action to the device

• Select workspace or general element you want to

configure

• Click either the element on the Loupedeck CT

image or the element tab

• Drag and drop action from the left column

• Search for a desired action using search bar

on top of the action group list.

• Find the desired action manually by opening a

corresponding group:

• Workspaces, Actions, General Actions, Tools or

Pages

Remove an action from the device

• Select the workspace or general element you

want to configure

• Select the page (if there are more than one page,

see the next chapter: Working with Pages).

• Drag and drop assigned functions out of the

device to an empty area around the Loupedeck

CT image (red circle)

WORKING WITH PAGES

As you drag Actions to the Loupedeck CT, you are

adding them to a page. Every element has at least

one page (e.g. Dial Page, Touch Page, Wheel Page).

When one page is full of assigned actions, you can

create a new page for more actions. The number of

available pages has not been limited.

Selecting a page

• Select the element (e.g. Touch Buttons)

• Click on the desired page on the right-side

section


Creating a new page

• Select the element (e.g. Touch Buttons)

• Scroll down on the Page List (if there are several pages)

• Click on the + sign to create a new page.

Tip! Rename pages to describe the content of the page, but also the element type, e.g., Tool Parameter Dials, Color Tools Page or Navigation Wheel.

This helps if you use Page Links on Touch Buttons – Page link will include your page’s name.

Assigning Page Links

When a page is created, its Page Link can be found under a relevant Pages group.

Content within the Pages group is Workspace-specific: it only contains the pages of the selected workspace.

You can use Page Links on the device (e.g., Touch Buttons) to quickly access certain pages without swiping the screen.

Copying a Page from a Workspace to another is not possible.


SETTINGS

Loupedeck CT settings can be accessed from Loupedeck Setup’s bottom left corner clicking a wheel

symbol ( ).

SETTING GROUP NAME SETTING WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IT?

Profiles

Profile Import/Export

Profile contains all workspaces, assigned adjustments and actions. Every supported software has a profile.

Press Export to save or backup your editing software’s profiles. Profiles can be shared and loaded to another computer to be used in Loupedeck software.

Press Import to load profile to your Loupedeck system. Loaded profile is immediately ready to be used

TIP! Remember to back-up your personal profiles before importing!

Reset Plugins

Press Reset Plugins to open a dialog for selecting which profiles you want to reset.v

Reset profile contains factory default workspaces and actions.

Note! Factory Default profile might be different in newer software versions.

Device Configuration

Connected Device(s)

Serial Number

Display Name

Flash Drive

Vibration

Bluetooth

Select which connected device you want to set up.

Device is identified via serial number.

What Loupedeck Model is in use.

Set switch to OFF if you do not want to have “hard drive connected” notification when connecting Loupedeck CT to a USB port.

Set switch to OFF if you do not want to have haptic feedback when using touch screens.

Bluetooth will be available with a later software update. Currently Bluetooth is set to OFF and Loupedeck CT cannot be found by other Bluetooth devices.

Bluetooth Settings Currently there are not Bluetooth options.

GUIDE

Loupedeck CT has an integrated Quick Guide for presenting key points how to use the Loupedeck setup

software and Loupedeck CT console.

Quick Guide can be accessed by pressing Guide link at the bottom left corner of the Loupedeck Setup

software. Quick Guide is closed when Guide -link is pressed again.


USER ACTIONS

With Loupedeck Setup Software you can make

pressable User Actions to match your

requirements. User Actions are able to run multiple

commands which makes it a powerful tool for

making automations or even small processes.

WHAT IS AN USER ACTION?

• User Action can be a single command or a set

of multiple commands binded as one action.

• User Actions are recorded by the user and can

be assigned to a button, touch button or dial

press like any other action.

WORKING WITH USER ACTIONS & USER ACTION GROUPS

• First select an element with press action. If you

select wheel or dial element, select “press”

instead of “rotation” from the top of the action

category list (magenta circle ).

• Locate “User Actions” category from the

bottom of left side’s action category list.

• All User Actions are divided into groups within

the user action category (green markers ).

Note! Not all application profiles have added

User Actions by default.

CREATING & EDITING GROUPS

• Press “+” (cyan circle ) to create a new

group (e.g. New Group, see image). User Action

creation window appears. Saving a User

Action will automatically add “New Group”

including the new User Action.

• Press “Pen”-icon ( ) to rename a group

(orange circle ).


• Move user action from a group to another by

dragging and dropping (orange arrow).

• To merge two User Action Groups: Press “pen”-

icon ( ) to rename the source group with the

same name as the target group.

• To delete a group and all groups content: Press

“Trash can” -icon ( ) (magenta circle ).

CREATING USER ACTIONS


User Action inside an existing group (e.g. New

Group). After pressing “+” User Action creation

window appears.

• Give User Action a short and self explanatory

title by typing it into the title box (green

marker ). User Action title is shown on the

screens (green circle).

Tip! Using “\n” command within the text acts

as “enter” forcing text to multiple rows on the

touch screen: “My\nAction\n1”

• User Action creation window automatically

contains first (1) User Action command line

(orange circle ).

• By default User Action’s command line type is

set as “Shortcut” (purple circle ).

• Start recording a shortcut by clicking the first

command line or,

• Drag an existing action from one of the left

side’s group (purple arrow) on top of the

command line. Action can be dragged from

any of the action category groups (outcluding

User Actions).

Tip! Dragging an action over (any type of)

command line will automatically change

command line’s type to “Action”.


• You can add a new command line by pressing

“+” -bar at the bottom of the action creation

window (purple circle ).

Tip! Create a new action command line by

dragging action from left side’s action list over

the “+” -bar (magenta arrows).

• If a command line has been left open, “OK”-

icon (yellow circle ) has not been pressed,

pressing “Save” on the User Action creation

window will discard all open command lines.

EDITING USER ACTIONS

• Press “Wheel”-icon ( ) to start editing an

existing user action (magenta circle ).

• Rename user action by clicking the title

(orange marker ).

• Record a new shortcut by double clicking a

command line (cyan marker ) or press

“pen”-icon ( ) (cyan circle).

• Change the command order within the

user action by dragging and dropping any

command line over another (magenta arrows).

• Press trash can (green circle ) to delete

current row within the User Action.


USER ADJUSTMENTS

Rotetable User Adjustment is a powerful addition

to User Actions. With User Adjustments you can

easily control adjustments that have changing

values, e.g. sliders. User Adjustments can be build

from existing actions or of individually recorded

shortcuts to left- and right rotations.

WHAT IS AN USER ADJUSTMENT?

• User Adjustment is an action for rotation

elements such as dials and the wheel.

• User Adjustments are recorded by the user and

can be assigned to rotation elements like any

other existing adjustment.

WORKING WITH USER ADJUSTMENTS & USER ADJUSTMENT GROUPS

• First select dial or wheel element and select

“rotation” instead of “press” from the top of

the action category list (magenta marker ).

• Locate “User Adjustments” category from the

bottom of left side’s adjustment category list.

• All User Adjustments are divided into groups

within the user action category

(green markers ).

Note! Not all application profiles have added

User Adjustments by default.

CREATING & EDITING GROUPS


group (e.g. New Group, see image). User

Adjustment creation window appears. Pressing

“save” will automatically add “New Group”

including the new User Adjustment

• Press “Pen”-icon ( ) to rename a group

(orange circle ).


• Move user action from a group to another by

dragging and dropping (orange arrow).

• To merge two User Action Groups: Press “pen”-

icon ( ) to rename the source group with the

same name as the target group.

• To delete a group and all groups content: Press

“Trash can” -icon ( ) (magenta circle ).

CREATING USER ADJUSTMENTS


User Adjustment inside an existing group (e.g.

New Group 2, see image).

• User Adjustment creation window appears.

• Activate shortcut recording by clicking the first

Adjustment Action command line (orange

marker ) or,

• Drag an existing action from left side’s action

list (purple arrow) on top of the command line.

Note! By default User Adjustment’s command

lines types are set as “Shortcut”

(purple circle ).

Tip! Dragging an action over a “shortcut”-

type command line will automatically change

the command line type to “Action” and

simultaneously assign dragged action.

• Give User Adjustment a name by typing it

to the title box (green marker ). As dial

display is quite narrow, use “\n” between every

word to force text into multiple rows

(e.g. My\nDial\n6)

• User Adjustment creation windowd has an

optional “Action Before Rotation” command

line (yellow marker ).

Note! If the adjustment is located in specific

panel (within the target software), this

command line can be used to open that panel

when rotation adjustment is used.


EDITING USER ADJUSTMENT

• Press “Wheel”-icon ( ) to start editing an

existing user adjustment (magenta circle ).

• Rename user action by clicking the title

(orange marker ).

• Record a new shortcut by clicking “pen”-icon

( ) (cyan circle ).


CUSTOM PROFILES

Loupedeck’s Custom Profiles are a powerful

addition to the Loupedeck system. They allow you

to create your own control set for any installed

software, make your own User Actions or User

Adjustments from supported shortcuts, and assign

those as you would assign any other action or

adjustment!

WHAT IS A CUSTOM PROFILE?

• Custom Profile contains a set of recorded User

Actions and User Adjustments, as well as a

mapping of selected actions & adjustments.

They can provide support for any installed

software.

• If target already has a native or 3rd party

plugin support installed, then user can do

their own mapping for that software (instead

of creating a custom profile for the target

software).

CREATING A CUSTOM PROFILE

• Open the Application drop-down and find

“Create Profile...” at the bottom of the

list (cyan marker )

Tip! If you don’t want to create your own

Custom Profile click “Get profiles...” (orange

circle ) and check if it can be found from

Loupedeck Community’s Profiles!

• Select the application you want to control

from the “Select Application” -list

(green marker ).

• Name your Custom Profile. e.g name of

software you want to control. (magenta

marker ).


• “Select Application” -list is divided in to two

parts: 1) Currently running software, and 2) All

Installed software (including currently running).

• If target software cannot be located from

application list (e.g. software is a stand-alone

file) use “Browse”-button to locate the file

(orange marker ).

Note! Softwares that are already supported

or have a custom profile in Loupedeck system

are grayed-out and cannot be added again

(cyan circle ). I.e. user has made a Custom

Profile for Access.

• Press “Save” to save new Custom Profile

(magenta marker ) or “Cancel” to abort the

creation process (nothing will be saved).

IMPORTING A PROFILE

• Downloaded profiles are either .zip or .lup -files.

Note where the file is saved on your computer.

• Click “Wheel”-icon ( ) (green circle ) to

open settings and select “Profiles” from the

lightbox that opens.

• Under “PROFILE IMPORT/EXPORT” select the

“import” button (yellow marker ).

• A window will open prompting you to select a

.zip or .lup file. Navigate to where you saved

the file and select the profile you want to

import.

• Pressing the “Import” button will open a profile

creation window which you can use for

changing the profile title and/or select another

application to which the profile points to.

Tip! If you have multiple versions of your

target software installed - you can import your

existing profile and point it to the other version

by selecting the other version from “Select

Application” list (purple marker ).


EXPORTING A PROFILE

• Click “Wheel”-icon ( ) (green circle ) to

open settings and select “Profiles” from the

lightbox that opens.

• Under “PROFILE IMPORT/EXPORT” select the

“Import” button (yellow marker ).

• Select the Custom Profile or Plugin Profile you

want to export (magenta circle ) and press

“Export” (cyan marker ).

• A “Save As...” window appears. Give the file a

name and press “Save”.


USING LOUPEDECK CT

Loupedeck CT doesn’t just support different applications: it automatically and dynamically adapts to

the state of your editing software and is immediately ready to be used.

Loupedeck CT is highly configurable – you can assign actions and adjustments to almost every button.

Loupedeck CT also contains some preassigned actions and functions that are available regardless of

the application you are using (e.g. enter, esc, home button).

Some of these preassigned actions have been left open for customization so that you can change them

to fit your workflow better (e.g., Save can be changed to Export, Save For Web, Save As or even to an

automatic export preset).

HOME VIEW AND HOME BUTTON

Everything starts from Home View. It is designed to be a quick access point to your Workspaces. If there

are more than 12 workspaces assigned to Home View, they are divided to multiple pages.

Home View can be accessed by pressing the Home Button (highlighted in the image).

Depending on the state of Loupedeck CT and your editing software home button has also other

functions before jumping to Home View.

#Case 1: A dynamic tool controlling dials, touch buttons and the wheel is activated and has a second

dial page active:

• 1st press sets dynamic tool’s pages to first.

• 2nd press applies changes (that has been

made) and exits dynamic tool jumping back to

previously used workspace

#Case 2: Other page(s) than first ones are selected

on the workspace elements:

• 1st press selects first pages to all workspace

elements

• 2nd press activates home view

TIP! Some workspaces have a wheel selector as first

wheel page. Wheel selector gives you access to e.g.

four different tool sets. You can use home button

to “close the tool set” and return back to the wheel

selector.

Pressing FN+Home Button activates a system plugin

and pressing Home Button takes you back to previous editing software.

Note! Editing applications actions can not be assigned to Home View as they might only work within

particular mode of the editing software.


ROUND AND SQUARE BUTTONS

These buttons are also referred as general elements

- they do not change when workspace is changed.

All of round and most of square buttons are

customizable (excluding home, enter, keyboard and

Fn buttons).

Round and square buttons can be assigned with

second action, accessed by keeping Fn pressed

simultaneously with the button. When FN is pressed

down all the buttons that have an assigned action

on the second level are illuminated with a brighter

color. Buttons that have no assigned action remain

unlit.

TIP 1! We recommend assigning workspaces to

round buttons in your workflow order – that way you

can easily go forward step-by-step.

TIP 2! We recommend assigning very common

actions to A-E buttons. E.g. Navigation and

selecting to buttons from A to D and Zoom In / Out

to button E.

KEYBOARD MODIFIERS MODE

Loupedeck CT’s round buttons can be changed to

Keyboard Modifiers by pressing the keyboard button

located at the bottom left corner. When Keyboard

Modifiers have been activated, the keyboard button

is illuminated with a red color and all round buttons

with a white color. Pressing the keyboard button

again sets Loupedeck CT back to its normal state.

Keyboard modifiers are marked under the round

buttons: Tab, Shift, Ctrl, Alt/Opt, CMD/Windows

key, Space, Delete and Backspace. When used

simultaneously with FN button round buttons in

keyboard mode equal to keyboard function keys

from F1 to F8.

TIP! You can also access keyboard modifiers

individually by keeping keyboard button pressed

and pressing one of the round buttons. This will not

turn keyboard modifiers mode on, but it allows you

to use specific keyboard modifiers when needed

(e.g., holding the keyboard button and pressing 8

performs a delete action without you having to

enter the keyboard mode).


NUMBER PAD MODE

By pressing FN + Keyboard Button, Loupedeck CT’s

touch screen can be changed to simulate a number

pad – including basic calculator actions: +, -, ×, ÷

and =.

Pressing FN + Keyboard Button again sets

Loupedeck CT back to its previous state.

When Number Pad mode is activated, both FN

buttons and keyboard buttons are illuminated

red. Activating Number Pad mode also activates

Keyboard Modifiers.

POPULAR ACTIONS

Some actions can be found fixed for all applications

(e.g. Enter, ESC, Save).

Enter & ESC (FN+Enter) are on the same button,

as they are needed to apply or cancel different

types of dialogs. Enter / ESC is fixed and cannot be

customized.

Undo & Redo (FN+Redo) are assigned to the same

button, as are Save & Save As (FN+Save). Both

buttons are customizable.

TIP 1! We recommend assigning your most used

export presets to Save and FN + Save – no need to

create an export workspace for that.

TIP 2! If you do not require Redo-function, we

recommend assigning “reset all” or “undo all” to FN

+ Undo!


FUNCTION (FN) BUTTONS

Loupedeck CT contains two identical Function (Fn)

buttons. Fn button(s) are used for:

• Round and square buttons can be assigned a

second action, accessed by keeping Fn pressed

simultaneously with the button.

• Wheel lists and action cakes can be navigated

by keeping Fn pressed down and simultaneously

rotating the wheel.

• Locked wheel screens can be swiped by keeping

Fn pressed fown and simultaneously swiping

the screen horizontally (such wheel widgets are

specified in application specific manuals).

• Some wheel widgets have a second rotation

adjustment, accessed by keeping FN pressed

and simultaneously rotating the wheel

(specified in application specific manuals).

• Pressing both Fn buttons simultaneously will

lock screen swiping (see next chapter).

WHEEL SCREEN LOCK

Pressing both Fn buttons at the same time

activates the Wheel Screen Lock - which prevents

accidental navigation between Wheel Pages.

Wheel Screen Lock is needed if a Wheel Page’s

content is controlled by swiping on the Wheel

Screen (e.g. Colour Picker Tool). Navigating out

of locked Wheel Screen is done by keeping an Fn

button depressed and swiping the screen. Wheel

Screen Lock is automatically released when a

Wheel Page that does not have swiping functions is

activated.

Wheel cakes and wheel lists can be navigated or

scrolled through pressing Fn and simultaneously

turning the wheel.


DIALS

Dials are part of Workspace elements, so every

workspace has individual dial adjustments.

In addition to rotary adjustment dials also have a

press function. That is usually assigned to reset the

value that the dial adjusts, but you can assign your

own press function for the dial if needed. You can

activate reset (or other assigned press function)

also by double-tapping the icon or the name of the

dial on the dial displays.

The dial’s rotary variable is shown next to the dials

on the vertical touch bars. Press function is not

visible on the display.

Dials do not have a second layer by pressing FN, but

multiple pages of dial functions are available. Pages

are changed by swiping the touch screen vertically.

TIP! We recommend that your most used dial

functions are assigned to the first and less used

adjustments to the second or third dial page.

TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH BUTTONS

Touch Buttons, like the dials, are also part of the

Workspace elements and have individual actions

within every workspace.

Touch buttons are used to activate commands,

functions and actions. They are fully customizable.

Touch buttons do not have a second layer when

pressing FN button, but, like the dials, multiple

pages are available. Touch Button pages are

changed by swiping the screen horizontally.

TIP 1! We recommend your most used actions are

assigned to the first and less used to other pages.

To easily access additional pages, page links can be

assigned to touch buttons.

In practise, page links are the same as swiping the

screen – but instead of swiping the screen multiple

times, you can access a page directly via touch

button. You can also assign dial page and wheel

page.

TIP 2! Pressing an action over half a second on the

touch screen, displays action name on the wheel

screen! Handy for learning new action icons!


WHEEL

Wheel controls both rotary adjustments (the outer

dial) and touch button actions on the central

screen.

Like dials and touch buttons the Wheel is also

part of workspace elements and has individual

actions and adjustments in every workspace.

Wheel doesn’t have a second layer when pressing

FN button, but it can have, like dials and touch

buttons, multiple pages. Wheel pages are changed

by swiping the wheel screen horizontally.

Wheel screen swiping can be locked by pressing

both FN keys simultaneously. Wheel screen swipe

is also locked when entering a wheel widget with

a variable that is controlled by swiping – for

example the color picker tool.

Some wheel widgets have subpages which are

changed by swiping horizontally (e.g. highlights,

mid tones and shadows color wheels). These pages

are explained in detail within the software support

manuals as required.

A rotary action is assigned to the wheel is

indicated by light blue line and an active

adjustment has a brighter color indicator (normal

actions do not have any color indicator e.g. Auto

Tone in the image).

The active adjustment is changed on Wheel

widgets by pressing FN and rotating the wheel.


PURPOSE, FUNCTION ON DEVICE CONTROLLER

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IT?

General features in Loupedeck CT console

Home Button Fn

Home button has multiple functions depending on the state of Loupedeck CT and your editing software.

#Case 1: A Dynamic or adaptive tool is controlling dials, touch buttons and wheel – dial’s have a second page activated:

Home Button function:

• 1st press sets dynamic tool’s pages to first.

• 2nd press applies tool changes and exits the tool to previously used workspace.

#Case 2: Workspace elements are set to some other than first pages:

• 1st press selects first pages for all workspace elements.

• 2nd press activates home view

Press FN + Home Button to activate System Plugin for accessing system level commands and actions instead of application level actions in the software you are currently using. When System plugin is activated, press Home Button to enter back to the previous editing software.

Fn

Press FN to activate second level of functions for Round Buttons and Square Buttons. Buttons that have a second level action illuminate brighter. Buttons that don’t have any action are not illuminated.

Press FN (left) + FN (right) to activate Swiping Lock for wheel screen. To swipe locked Wheel screen press FN down and swipe. Press FN + FN again to release wheel screen swiping lock.

Press FN + Rotate The Wheel to change between adjustments assigned to the wheel page.

Keyboard modifiers, Number Pad

Keyboard Fn

Press Keyboard button to activate Keyboard Modifiers (keyboard button turns red and round buttons turn white). When Keyboard Modifiers are activated Round Buttons are assigned as is written below the buttons. Press Keyboard button again to disable Keyboard Modifiers.

Press FN + Keyboard button to activate Number Pad Mode. When Number Pad Mode is activated you can use touch buttons e.g. with calculator. Press FN + Keyboard Button again to disable Number Pad Mode.

Common Keys

Enter, Undo, Save, Fn

Press Enter to activate Enter key. Press FN + Enter to activate ESC.

Press Undo to activate Undo function. Press FN + Undo to activate Redo function.

Press Save to activate Save function. Press FN + Save to activate Save As function.

Tip! Undo and Save buttons are customizable. I.e. you can change Save As to more convenient Export function if needed.


TASKBAR OPTIONS

Within the Windows taskbar icon or OSX menu bar icon, you can find more options for Loupedeck. Icon

you are looking for, is this:


Loupedeck Setup (Win)

Open Setup… (OS X)

Click Loupedeck Setup (Win) or Open Setup… (OS X) to access Loupedeck Setup software.

Download Loupedeck update (Win)

Update Loupedeck (OS X)

Opens Loupedeck’s setup web page where downloadable manuals and up-to-date software can be found

https://loupedeck.com/en/setup/

Keyboard Mode (Loupedeck+ only)

Click Keyboard Mode to set Keyboard Modifiers mode ON or OFF.

Works only for Loupedeck+.

Help

Click Help (and OS X User Guide sublink) to open Loupedeck’s Support webpage, where answers to most commonly asked questions question can be found.

Also provided on this page is access to Loupedeck’s support form, which is located at the bottom of the page. Please fill out the support form if you need further technical assistance.

https://loupedeck.com/en/support/

Click User Guide to open

Legal (Win only)

Opens Loupedeck’s Legal Guide web page, which provides all the needed information regarding Loupedeck’s warranty, product and safety information, trademarks, legal rights, etc...

About (Win only)

Version: 2.5.0.981 (OS X only)

Click About to open information about your current Loupedeck Software version (build number) and copyright information.

Example: Version 3.0 (3.0.0.2362) Copyright © 2017-2019 LoupeDeck Ltd.

On OS X, click on Loupedeck icon on top menu bar to see version (3.0.0) and build numbers (2363) in gray text.

Restart Loupedeck (Win only)

Click Restart Loupedeck to shut down and restart both Loupedeck service and software.

Stop Loupedeck (Win only)

Quit (OS X only)

Click Stop Loupedeck (Win) or Quit (Mac) to shutdown Loupedeck service and software.


Enable Debug (Mac only)

Usage of this function is instructed separately by customer service. Enabling debugging for no reason is not advised, as your computer might slow down significantly.

When Enable Debug is activated, the menu item will change to Disable Debug. Click Disable Debug to stop debugging process.

Once debugging process has finished, a loupedeckLogs.zip file will appear on your desktop. That file can be deleted if Customer Service has not requested for it.

UPDATING LOUPEDECK

A small mark appears on the taskbar icon when a new version is available:

Open Taskbar icon and select Download Loupedeck update (Win) or Update Loupedeck (OS X) to open

Loupedeck website www.loupedeck.com. Locate moset recent version from the web page and download

Loupedeck Setup software.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Encountered something unexpected? Here are a few helpful hints.

Unable to install the software

Loupedeck CT uses Loupedeck Setup software that only works in 64-bit environments (Win10 and

MacOS 10.12 or later). If you have a fresh install of Windows 10, it should be 64-bit. If you have upgraded

to Windows 10 from 32-bit Windows 7, 8 or 8.1, your Windows 10 might be 32-bit. Loupedeck might work

on Windows 7 and 8 if they are 64bit versions, as the OS base is very similar to Windows 10.

Loupedeck CT is connected with USB cable but it does not connect to Loupedeck software?

1. Cable might be broken - try with another USB-cable

2. Disconnect Loupedeck CT from your computer, restart Loupedeck Software and reconnect cable

3. Uninstall Loupedeck Software and make a fresh install with the lates version of Loupedeck software

(www.loupedeck.com/en/setup)


4. Driver might not be installed correctly (Win):

• Open Device Manager (use windows search to locate)

• Open “Network Adapters” and locate “Remote NDIS Compatible Device”

• If driver is there, Loupedeck is correctly installed

• Contact Customer Support for more help.

Lightroom doesn’t seem to work with Loupedeck+.

Loupedeck CT does not support Lightroom versions that are older (e.g., 6.14) than most recent

Lightroom Classic. Loupedeck CT may work on versions starting from Lightroom Classic 7.4, but usage

of older versions is not advised.

I am unable to assigna a function to Loupedeck CT

Check if that particular function or action has already been assigned to the same page.

I cannot reset dial adjustment value to zero by pressing the dial, or I cannot assign reset value to a dial

1. Not all adjustments have a “zero point” or “starting point” to which you could reset to.

2. Reset action has been removed from dial’s press function. You can set it back by reassigning same

adjustment (if reset function is linked to the rotation function).

3. Some software do not support resetting value. That means there might be no possibilities to reset

or set a specific value.

You can find FAQs and support at www.loupedeck.com/support.


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